You couldn't be more right Cargo,see below, and how much more important will the tourist income become to the IOM in the years ahead?
Don't forget that the Govt. have admitted that they make millions out of the TT.
Just think of the possibilities; morning practice again and they might even bring variety back like MotoGP do with different capacity classes.

"Just days ago, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said, “We want to put a stop to tax havens.” British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has vowed to take action against regulatory and tax havens. German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Germany wants to eliminate blind spots on the global map when it comes to financial market products, market participants and instruments. European heads of state summit last weekend committed to taking action against uncooperative jurisdictions, and the matter will prominently feature in the G-20 meeting in London in April. All this even as America has forced Switzerland’s largest bank UBS to disclose the names of 52,000 American customers allegedly evading American tax authorities. The OECD is currently working on a new blacklist of uncooperative tax havens."

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's administration supports legislation recently introduced in the U.S. Congress to crack down on tax havens,"